So it's now 2012. We entered the Land of the "Terrible Twos" and even more big changes within our family were coming up.
Although I never mentioned it before, my mother-in-law, Bimblebee, had been battling Breast Cancer since 2002, and although she went into remission around 2003, it came back in 2007. By the end of 2011 it had spread a bit, so in 2012 we made a family decision that she and my father-in-law, Papa, move to NYC so that she could go back to Sloane Memorial Hospital (one of the best Cancer Treatment Hospitals in the country). It was the same hospital that helped her into remission in 2003, so we hoped for the same in 2012. Since they decided to move to NYC, Bobblehead, Mama, and their two munchkins decided to move into my in-laws' house, where Hubs, Bobblehead, and Tiny Dancer grew up. Although Bimblebee's condition seemed stable, every week a new obstacle on her path to recovery pushed her back a few steps. Bimblebee (or Mom) lost her battle on May 17th, 2012, just 3 days shy of her 58th birthday, and exactly 5 days after her eldest sister passed away of a different form of Cancer. May was not a good month. On what would have been Mom's 58th birthday, we had an Indian Mourning Prayer at a local Hindu Center, and released balloons. Not a day has gone by that we don't think about her and miss her. We know she's dancing and laughing with her sister, and watching over us.
Although I never mentioned it before, my mother-in-law, Bimblebee, had been battling Breast Cancer since 2002, and although she went into remission around 2003, it came back in 2007. By the end of 2011 it had spread a bit, so in 2012 we made a family decision that she and my father-in-law, Papa, move to NYC so that she could go back to Sloane Memorial Hospital (one of the best Cancer Treatment Hospitals in the country). It was the same hospital that helped her into remission in 2003, so we hoped for the same in 2012. Since they decided to move to NYC, Bobblehead, Mama, and their two munchkins decided to move into my in-laws' house, where Hubs, Bobblehead, and Tiny Dancer grew up. Although Bimblebee's condition seemed stable, every week a new obstacle on her path to recovery pushed her back a few steps. Bimblebee (or Mom) lost her battle on May 17th, 2012, just 3 days shy of her 58th birthday, and exactly 5 days after her eldest sister passed away of a different form of Cancer. May was not a good month. On what would have been Mom's 58th birthday, we had an Indian Mourning Prayer at a local Hindu Center, and released balloons. Not a day has gone by that we don't think about her and miss her. We know she's dancing and laughing with her sister, and watching over us.
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